By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
Epic · Summoner's Rift
Staff of Flowing Water — Shared Power for Healers
2,250gold
Your heals and shields reduce crowd control and grant Move Speed
Staff of Flowing Water's Rapids works on allies, not on yourself: healing or shielding another allied champion gives both of you 40 Ability Power and 15 Ability Haste for 6 seconds. Patch 26.9 set that, trading 5 of the old 45 AP for the Haste. It costs 2,250 gold — Fiendish Codex and Forbidden Idol plus 800 — for 35 AP, 10 Haste and 10% Heal and Shield Power, with 90.3% of it going to supports.
What it grants
- 35 Ability Power
- 10% Heal and Shield Power
- 125% Base Mana Regen
- 10 Ability Haste
Passive
- Rapids: Healing or Shielding an ally grants you both 40 Ability Power and 15 Ability Haste for 6 seconds.
Staff of Flowing Water at a glance
Staff of Flowing Water is an epic item on Summoner's Rift that costs 2,250 gold: Fiendish Codex and Forbidden Idol plus 800 gold. It grants 35 Ability Power, 10% Heal and Shield Power, 125% Base Mana Regen and 10 Ability Haste and the Rapids passive. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 75.6% of its cost in stats.
Build path
Builds from
Combine cost
800
on top of 2 components, for 2,250 in total.
Builds into
Nothing — this is a finished item.
How it performed
- Pick rate
- 0.7%
- Win rate
- 55.4%
- Completion
- Not counted
- Inventory slot
- 2
- Games
- 4,258
- Δ this patch
- Not counted
patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted
Who buys it
- Top0.7%
- Jungle6.8%
- Mid0.4%
- Bot1.7%
- Support90.3%
Reach for it when
- Rotation uptime
Gold efficiency
75.6%1,700 gold of stats for 2,250
The stat block only — the passive is not priced.
19th of 25 items Riot tags SpellDamage, by this measure. Nearest: Hextech Alternator 81.8%, Redemption 76.1%, Rabadon's Deathcap 74.3%, Shadowflame 68.8%.
- 35 Ability Power · 20g each, from Amplifying Tome
- 700g
- 125% Base Mana Regen · 4g each, from Faerie Charm
- 500g
- 10 Ability Haste · 50g each, from Glowing Mote
- 500g
Not priced, because Riot sells no single-stat item for heal and shield power — so this figure covers the rest.
Staff of Flowing Water balance history
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Staff of Flowing Water in 1 patch. The latest is patch 26.9, published 2026-04-28.
Patch 26.92026-04-28
- Unique Passive - RapidsHealing or Shielding other ally champions grants both you and them +45 Ability Power for 6stoHealing or Shielding other ally champions grants both you and them +40 Ability Power and +15 Ability Haste for 6s
- Ability Haste15to10
Why, in Riot's words
In the past, Staff's unique effect granted ability haste, and then we changed that to move speed, and then we removed the move speed. We are re-adding the ability haste, as we believe only granting ability power has made the item too narrow and granting move speed made it too generic.
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Quick answers about Staff of Flowing Water
- How much does Staff of Flowing Water cost?
- 2,250 gold in total — Fiendish Codex and Forbidden Idol plus 800 gold.
- What is Staff of Flowing Water built from?
- Fiendish Codex (850) and Forbidden Idol (600), plus 800 gold to combine.
- What does Staff of Flowing Water build into?
- Nothing — Staff of Flowing Water is a finished item.
- What stats does Staff of Flowing Water give?
- 35 Ability Power, 10% Heal and Shield Power, 125% Base Mana Regen and 10 Ability Haste.
- What does Staff of Flowing Water's Rapids passive do?
- Healing or Shielding an ally grants you both 40 Ability Power and 15 Ability Haste for 6 seconds.
- Where can you buy Staff of Flowing Water?
- In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
- What does Staff of Flowing Water sell for?
- 1,575 gold, against 2,250 to buy.
- Is Staff of Flowing Water gold efficient?
- Its stats are worth 1,700 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 2,250 — 75.6%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.